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At Cebit in Hannover recently Tobii claimed that eye tracking will replace the humble mouse!

Here's the article - http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/175629/cebit-in-your-words-turbo-eye-tracking-and-tomtom.html

Eye tracking is pretty accurate and I know that Tobii has received considerable investment to further develop its optical accuracy. But do you think it will replace the mouse?

I reckon it will. Heck, we didn't know what a mouse was all that long ago! Plus, don't forget that many disabled people who use MyTobii eye trackers (see example here) to control a computer never used a mouse in the first place.

There are a number of considerations:
1) What things could we directly control with our eyes? Check out this video of an eye control game!

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2) What's the additional cognitive effort required to look at specific points on the screen?

3) How will skill uptake differ between those who touch type and those who type like I do (with one finger?)

4) How will the eye tracker distinguish between intention and staring into space?

There are a lot more questions. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

This post is also in the Facebook eye tracking group. As I hear new ideas I will let you know on my blog.

Please contribute! WHAT DO YOU THINK?